June 07, 2007 Apprentice Rehearsal General Announcements: Jim still needs help for promo on Monday, June 11 - MDA promo.  Call him at the office 913-721-2110 or email him. Paula Strange is introduced as tthe new apprentice coordinator Remember there is going to be a parade of costumes in 2 weeks - June 21, you're costume is due to be complete on this date. Treat teachers and instructors with respect. Character Survey is due by June 23. Your job at the faire to be a street character #1 to be one on one with a patron the audience comes first before anything else treat our audience with the greatest respect by representing the festival wherever you go maintaining the highest standard of conduct the festival is not a dating service do not flirt with anyone under 30 Your Day as a performer: 8:45 - meet with your group - apprentices who aren't part of another group will meet at the Three Lions Stage 9:15 - entertainment meeting at the Mermaid stage where you will get any notes you need for the day Don't be late Don't dress through the meeting 9:30 ish - head to the front gate for the opening gate ceremonies 10:00 - opening cannon - the gates open 10:30 - rotations start (every hour you will rotate to a new area) 12:30 - parade 1:00 - 1:30 - lunch (if you're lucky) no eating out of paper or plastic Other events during the day Mr. Renaissance Romance Contest Special Weekend Events Town Dance or Pub Sing - must be over 21 to attend 7:00 - closing cannon maintain your character after the cannon goes off as long as you're on the cobblestones at the front gate. If you are under 21,  you must leave or be picked up within 20 minutes of festival closing. In the chain of life, the enchanted creatures and the church have a different order.  You can only see the enchanted folk if you're a gypsy, and everyone reverences the clergy. Chain of Life God Angels King Queen Royal Children Nobility Servants to the Royalty Canterbury Gentry/Servants of the Royalty Servants People who own things People who make things Farmers Poor of the town Sherwoods denizens Gypsies, Pirates, Actors, other travelers Our year is 1575. The Lady Mayor is married to the Maestro but he has been gone for months and she is running the town in his absence. The Queen is attending the Harvest Festival and this is the biggest thing that has happened in your lifetime as a Canterbury resident! Character Notes: We are trying to create a plausible historical event. Most people (even royalty) would work from dusk to dawn. Everyone worked - you had to to put by food for the winter. People believed they were were they were supposed to be. It was ordained by God and we were content to be who we were. We are Anglicans. Our family is the important part of our life. Husband is the head of the household and absolute master of the house. Wife is the caretaker and runs the house. The oldest son inherits everything. The second son would either go to the church or the military. Daughters would marry as well as their father could arrange for them and then have sons. Everyone is dependent on an overlord. A bathroom is called a privy.  Most homes had a chamberpot for calls of nature. It is emptied out the window into the middle of the street. Life in Elizabethan England would have been odiferous to say the least. Canterbury is landlocked. Floors would be dirt or clay. Only the well to do would have stone or wood floors. The upper class can read and write. There was really no need for anyone else to read.  Anyone of the lower classes that want to read and write must be able to prove why it's important for them to read and write. Very few people would ever have enough to eat. It's only during the Harvest Festival that you would get enough to eat. Everyone is at the Harvest Festival to have fun, even those that are there to do business. Your wealth lies on your feet. You wear the best shoes your able. The thing you would notice the most about renaissance England would be the smell! Language is a high art. Compendium of Common Knowledge - excellent resource to learn more about life in Elizabethan England. (Return to the Apprentice Page) (Home)